Questions tagged [boot]

The process and events beginning with power being supplied to the processor and ending with the operating system fully loaded and ready for use. Questions about specific parts of the boot process should be tagged with, e.g. [bios].

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Trouble booting SeaGate's "SeaTools Bootable" on a Dell laptop

W11; Dell Latitude. I'm having difficulty using SeaGate's "SeaTools Bootable" software. I'm able to put it onto an USB-Drive as per the instructions. But when I try and boot it the sequence ...
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Acer Aspire E1-570 Black Screen, Faulty Bios?

Good morning everyone. I am having a bad time trying to fix my laptop Acer Aspire E1-570. I have a black screen of death, when I press the power button the fans start spinning for a second and then ...
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Intel NUC5i7RYH won't boot, displays nothing

I'm looking at an Intel NUC, model NUC5i7RYH. It was working fine until yesterday, running Windows 10. After being left alone for the night - it has entered a state in which: nothing is sent to the ...
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INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE when booting Windows 2000 after dual booting with Windows XP [closed]

Apparently, I'm having a troubleshoot with both W2K and WXP. I'll try to summarize: I just got a new PC, and, because it supports both XP and W2K, I had a nice idea to dual boot both of them. I then ...
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grub rescue error: symbol 'grub_strchrnul' not found

I was testing another distro and deleted it but forgot to re-install grub into the main drive with Centos 7. Now when booting the system it takes me to grub rescue since mbr is trying to boot from the ...
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Not able to boot Debian arm64 on Windows using Qemu

I am running a Windows machine and I want to emulate a Debian OS with arm64 architecture. I downloaded an ISO file to setup a fresh VM. I used the following command: qemu-system-arm.exe -cdrom debian-...
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Unable to access BIOS after enabling secure boot (no screen output)

I disabled CSM and enabled secure boot on my Gigabyte Aorus b550 AC with a EVGA GTX 1080. Every time I boot up my machine, it boots straight into Windows (dual-boot system with ReFind as bootloader) ...
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Can't find my disk after diskpart clean

I have a PC with an SSD encrypted with BitLocker, I forgot the Admin password, and lost my BitLocker recovery key. I decided to reinstall Windows and wipe the SSD, but the Windows installer couldn’t ...
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How do I change Motherboard firmware settings from UEFI to Legacy boot so that I can use Paragon Hard Disk Manager?

I have been using this excellent software program, Paragon Hard Disk Manager, for many years for backing up and restoring select files. In order to use its recovery media (created on CD or thumb drive)...
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Very slow application loading after logging into Pop!_OS

I'm running Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS (standalone single-boot) on my Ryzen 7 2700X with 32GB RAM and a GeForce RTX 2070. My startup drive is a Samsung EVO 960 NVMe. I am getting onto the login screen ...
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how to start up items only when laptop plugged in

I'm running windows 8.1 (but that shouldn't matter) on a laptop and was wondering if it would be possible to modify the startup process in a way that: Certain programs ONLY start when you're plugged ...
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sddm service failed to start simple desktop display manager

I'm newbie in manjaro linux. After upgrade my system can't boot and stuck on starting version 231. I check my system with systemctl --failed and I found that sddm.service failed. I check sddm ...
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Windows 10 fail to boot with 0xc0000001 error code

Introduction Hello, I'm running multiboot installation on machine with UEFI. I have Windows 10 and Ubuntu installed, managed by Grub at startup and I have laptop working like this for about half a ...
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When I boot my Arch Linux the screen simply goes completely black and I can't use it

One day I turn on my computer and I select Arch in the GRUB, in the screen appears this: Startting systemd-udevd version 252.4-2-arch /dev/sda5: recovering journal /dev/sda5: clean, 465547/4587520 ...
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Motherboard fried, what does that mean for the rest of the pc?

My motherboard got fried, I think I plugged in a fan to the wrong spot and on boot I heard an electric pop and the computer stopped working. A chip on the motherboard is visibly cracked but I didn't ...
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NVMe m.2 drive refuses to boot on its original HP ProBook

Background (I apologize this will be long): I received this laptop from an end user after it stopped booting. Laptop is an HP ProBook 640 G5. NVMe M.2 contains Windows 10. Problem is, when the laptop ...
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unable to install GRUB in dummy

I am trying dual boot kali linux with windows 8.1 .The linux installation was going smoothly until it reached the step where it needed to install Grub. I don't know if it's of any importance but my ...
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What does grub-install's --removable flag do?

GRUB2's grub-install has a --removable flag, but all the man page says is that it signifies "the installation device is removable." The documentation likewise just says "For removable ...
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How do I boot from USB stick with a new Lenovo laptop and preinstalled Windows 11?

I just bought a Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Pro14IHU5 O with preinstalled Windows 11 Home. I want to boot a different operating system from a USB drive but it just does not work. When I go to the boot menu (...
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Enter Advanced BIOS Settings

I have a Lenovo Ideapad 110-15ACL 80TJ, and I want to enter the advanced BIOS settings on it. I don't mean the the regular BIOS, but the settings unlocked when a certain key combination is pressed ...
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Macbook Pro is NOT showing up Bootable USB Drive

System: Macbook Pro 2019, Intel, T2 Chip, 16 GB RAM, No USB port (Using VIVA USB hub), Ventura 13.6.5 Issue: The bootable USB drive (EFI) is not showing up when restarting with 'Option' key I had ...
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Linux won't boot with f2fs

I recently had a hardware failure and replaced by old HDD with an SSD. Therefore I used f2fs for my root partition. But now I am unable to boot properly due to fsck failure. I keep getting the ...
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A fatal exception 0E occured at 0028:xxxxxx in VxD IOS(01)

I get a blue screen of death in my windows 98 machine every time I boot it. I can't reach to my desktop. The error is like this: A fatal exception 0E occured at 0028:C003CC2F in VxD IOS(01) + ...
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Create Windows 10 bootable/installation USB drive

I created Windows 10 installation USB drive using media creation tool provided by MS. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/) At first I thought it was USB bootable and also ...
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Booting a LUKS-encrypted drive with a flash drive, falling back to keyboard

I have some systems configured using GRUB as my bootloader, with an unencrypted boot partition and everything else using LVM-on-LUKS. Right now, the only way to unlock the system is for me to ...
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Is it possible to run a script on Windows boot as admin by adding it into a "Current Version\Run" registry key of the user "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM"?

This is the Windows registry autorun key for my current (administrator group) user: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run and this one is for the "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" ...
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UEFI boot is disabled, disabling Legacy boot does not work

On my computer, I enabled Legacy boot to use older operating systems (even though I did not install any). A few weeks later, I could not find UEFI boot on my hard drive. I get "Notebook Hard Drive" is ...
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What is the effect of setting `number of processors` in msconfig (and its potential interactions with steam downloads)?

I have been having an ongoing issue where steam causes my entire computer to hang and stutter when downloading a game. The problem is so bad it makes the PC unusable due to the incredible amount of ...
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Windows 10 USB flash drive not booting, but linux (ubuntu) does

I have an bootable USB with windows 10. I tried to install it on my laptop lenovo G50-80: I've selected the boot menu (after turning on the laptop via a small button: here), but the usb name wasn't ...
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systemd-timesyncd: fails on boot due to ordering cycle (dbus, sysinit)

i've been having a hard time with a pretty basic Rocky Linux 9 setup where my systemd-timesyncd unit consistently fails on boot. here are the logs Feb 12 18:22:17 bigpu systemd[1]: sysinit.target: ...
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Disable Office 365 on Windows boot

I disabled the booting Office 365 when Windows boots using AVG PC Tuneup. I find it unnessecary to have an Office service running all the time when I barely use office. But when I disable this, I ...
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Hiren boot CD is not booting when I connected with HDD

A computer in my organization is not booting. In BIOS sometimes it showed disk error and I restarted several times. Sometimes it's working and sometimes it's not. Suddenly today it stopped working ...
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Drive boots on physical machine but doesn't on any virtual machine

Some time ago I got a request of making a fairly old (Windows 7 64bit) machine into a virtual machine. I was given a hdd clone of the machine in question however when this drive is used in VirtualBox ...
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USB with Kali Linux 2024.1 (not live) installed not visible in boot menu

Specifications: Laptop: Lenovo Legion Pro 5i (Gen 8) CPU: i9 (13th Gen) GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4060 USB B is a SanDisk Ultra Luxe (128GB) For context: Secure boot is off. USB ports are working ...
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How to command regedit to go to Google URL Via Chrome

I was having another problem, and tried a "solution" that not only didn't fix the problem - but created a new one. The original problem I solved (I can't remember what it was), and I can't remember ...
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No bootable device after changing UEFI to Legacy

I'm using an ASUS aspire e 15 laptop with Windows 10 and Ubuntu installed. I wanted to boot from a live USB, but no matter what, it boot even though, the same live USB works on another machine. Boot ...
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Getting a very slow startup on Ubuntu 20. Seems to be stuck around the stage where the Gnome screen appears

My system is: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS on a dedicated SSD (no virtual machine) Intel® Core™ i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz × 8 with 31.3 GiB I use the default setting BIOS (ASUS motherboard). I did not do any ...
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Windows 10 Stuck in a Recovery Mode Boot Loop

Problem A friend asked me to repair his wife's computer, which "wouldn't boot". The computer is stuck in the infamous Windows boot loop, where it will just boot to Recovery Mode over and ...
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After installing Debian on USB stick, stick does not boot on MacBook

My goal is to install Debian to be bootable from a usb stick on a MacBook with two usb ports. To do so I booted from Debian Live flash on the first usb port. Next I used to Debian installer to ...
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Cannot boot after applying OpenCore Legacy Patcher Monteray for a MacBook5,1 (Late 2008 Aluminum Unibody)

I'm attempting to use OpenCore Legacy Patcher to update an Late-2008 aluminum unibody MacBook (MacBook5,1) to run Monterey (macOS 12). What I did: On the target MacBook5,1, I downloaded the OpenCore ...
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How to install any linux on acer aspire a515-48m which refuses to boot any live linux usb past grub (amd ryzen 5 cpu)?

Using a live linux iso made with unetbootin, the aspire a515-48m gets as far as the grub menu, but refuses to boot linux from grub menu, from grub command line, and from uefi shell (running the .efi ...
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How to boot into ubuntu directly?

I am dual booting Ubuntu 15.10 and Windows 10. The problem is that the system boots directly into Windows. There is no grub menu shown during startup. In order to boot into Ubuntu I have to press ESC ...
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Keyboard unresponsive for first minute after booting Windows 8.1

When I initially boot into Windows 8.1, my keyboard responds very slowly, if at all, until roughly a minute after login. I can start typing, but there will be about 5-10 seconds between each keystroke ...
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How to reinstall drivers from usb boot in windows 10

I currently have a boot problem in windows10 which I assume is due to faulty drivers. How can I uninstall and re-install these drivers from a usb boot? Which software would I need?
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Ubuntu (ZorinOS) boots only into tty1 terminal after delering all default keyrings

I am attempting to boot my computer after utilizing Seahorse to remove all of the default keyrings. Regretfully, the only thing I receive in return is a terminal that appears only on my secondary ...
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After swapping in SSD I can’t get into the BIOS on my Lenovo G560

I've replaced the hard drive of a Lenovo G560 after the drive died with an SSD. Now it won't let me boot from anything, not to mention it won't let me get into BIOS. From all I found on Google they ...
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How to start tomcat at boot time as a systemd service?

This is my Unit file: # Systemd unit file for tomcat [Unit] Description=Apache Tomcat Web Application Container Wants=network.target After=syslog.target network-online.target [Service] Type=forking ...
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Booting of Win 10 not possible, how to fix UEFI and/or bcdedit bootmgr?

Problem During the boot of my Win-10-Pro-system I get a BSOD Kmode_Exception_Not_Handled without further information provided. This results in a reboot. The error occurred after I had tried to edit ...
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How to make one partition of a multiple partition USB flash drive bootable?

I have a USB flash drive and I created two partitions on it and I wanted to make one partition of it bootable. I tried using Rufus and burned an iso file on it but it made the whole USB flash drive ...
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How to rename a UEFI boot entry?

I have some trouble with renaming the default UEFI boot manager entry on my acer laptop. When I bought the laptop there was a weird Linux distribution installed on it called "Linpus lite". I then ...

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